1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character who is constantly put through hell. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bevis T. Monkey's day was unlucky: He got [[GroinAttack hit in the groin]] and was [[ScaryStingingSwarm stung by bees.]] |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Bevis T. Monkey's day was unlucky: He got mugged and was stabbed. |
5 | ** IronButtMonkey |
6 | ** Poor Bevis T. Monkey was hit in the [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs groin]] ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs by]]'' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs bees]]. |
7 | ** TheChewToy |
8 | ** CosmicPlaything |
9 | ** ReluctantFanserviceGirl |
10 | ** SadistShow |
11 | * '''Downplayed''': |
12 | ** Bevis T. Monkey gets hit in the face, and stung by one bee every month. |
13 | ** The whole cast regularly takes comical abuse, Bevis just takes the worst of it. |
14 | * '''Justified''': |
15 | ** CosmicPlaything |
16 | ** KafkaKomedy |
17 | ** KarmicButtMonkey |
18 | ** BornUnlucky |
19 | * '''Inverted''': |
20 | ** Bevis T. Monkey's day was very lucky: He got a million dollars and was treated as a king soon afterward. |
21 | ** InvincibleHero. |
22 | ** KarmaHoudini. |
23 | ** A [[invoked]]MarySue and [[invoked]]GodModeSue could arguably be considered the polar opposite(s) of a ButtMonkey. |
24 | * '''Subverted''': |
25 | ** A truck was about to hit Bevis T. Monkey when he was crossing the street but stopped at the last minute... |
26 | ** Bevis's abuse gets to the point where it isn't funny anymore. |
27 | ** Bevis is usually unlucky but he [[ThrowTheDogABone occasionally gets some luck]]. |
28 | ** Bevis eventually gets tired of his treatment and pulls a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal. |
29 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
30 | ** It was the bus next to the truck that ran Bevis over. |
31 | ** Then the abuse CrossesTheLineTwice. |
32 | ** Bevis gets an award thinking he's no longer a butt monkey, [[YankTheDogsChain but then it gets taken from him]]. |
33 | ** Bevis's new group treats him just as bad. |
34 | * '''Parodied''': Pretty much everything Bevis T. Monkey does [[EpicFail fails spectacularly]]. And his life is a seemingly endless chain of DisasterDominoes and HumiliationConga. He's got to have sanity (or faith) made of iron if he's not screaming SmiteMeOhMightySmiter by now. |
35 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Bevis almost gets hit by a car, but the car stops. What ''does'' hit him is the baseball that rolls off the roof of a nearby building. But it turns it to be autographed, and worth thousands of dollars! Then he trips and falls down a hill. Into a river. But he finds a gold ring in the bottom of the stream! So he goes to the pawn shop... [[BearsAreBadNews and gets mauled by a bear on the way.]] |
36 | * '''Averted''': Bevis T. Monkey is not particularly unlucky, nor is he especially lucky. |
37 | * '''Enforced''': The creators needed comic relief so they created Bevis. |
38 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Why do these bad things keep happening to me?" |
39 | * '''Invoked''': "I'm bored, let's go pick on Bevis T. Monkey because that's always good for a laugh." |
40 | * '''Defied''': |
41 | ** "We could pick on Bevis T. Monkey as usually, but maybe we should leave him alone for now." |
42 | ** (Bevis [[ImpliedDeathThreat places a loaded gun on the table]], [[TranquilFury talks in an eerily matter-of-fact voice]]): "I refuse to be anybody's toy, and least of all yours." |
43 | * '''Exploited''': Bevis T. Monkey knows he's unlucky, so he milks it for all its worth. |
44 | * '''Discussed''': "Is it just me or does God seem to hate Bevis T. Monkey?" |
45 | * '''Conversed''': "Maybe we should cut Monkey some slack." ''({{Beat}})'' "Naaaaaahhhh..." |
46 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
47 | ** One day, Bevis gets an assault rifle and, [[WhosLaughingNow without hesitating]], starts to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge chase the people who make his life hell, killing them mercilessly.]] |
48 | ** The constant unluckiness kept bothering Bevis with increasing levels of misfortune to the point of him [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and ultimately [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide.]] |
49 | ** All the abuse Bevis goes through causes him to become very bitter and cynical to the point where he's afraid of being happy lest something bad happens as a result. Whenever anything [[ThrowTheDogABone goes his way]], he becomes [[ProperlyParanoid paranoid]] that it's merely a set up for him to be knocked down in an [[YankTheDogsChain exceptionally cruel way]]. |
50 | ** Bevis’ constant mistreatment eventually [[TooBleakStoppedCaring causes the audience to not watch the show]]. |
51 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
52 | ** This completely tarnishes his pity from other people, who now see him as a violent madman. They end up mistreating Bevis even worse than his former tormentors, since he [[AssholeVictim pretty much deserves it]] at this point. |
53 | ** All of the misfortune forces Bevis to overcompensate, resulting in the equivalent of TrainingFromHell. CharacterDevelopment ensues, and Bevis promptly [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]]. |
54 | ** In spite of all his bad luck, Bevis is TheStoic or manages to keep a StiffUpperLip. Due to this mentality, he never sees his bad luck as anything more than a bother or annoyance (even if logic says he really should). His low key reaction to the bad stuff that happens to him only serves to enhance the comedy. |
55 | --->'''Bevis:''' ''(after having been hit on the head with a plate, which breaks on his head; in a bored tone)'' Ow.\ |
56 | '''Bob:''' Wow. A year ago, you'd have been groaning in pain!\ |
57 | '''Bevis:''' I've built up an immunity. |
58 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Unlucky streak to the point where you can't help but laugh, known as TheChewToy |
59 | * '''Played For Drama''': Unlucky streak to the point where you feel bad for the person, known as TheWoobie and the DesignatedMonkey. |
60 | * '''Played For Horror''': Unlucky streak that is more unsettling in hindsight: |
61 | ** Monkey is the cast's RedShirt. Worse yet, he was designated as the Red Shirt and nobody cares about how this means he will suffer a horrible death. |
62 | ** Monkey's reputation and bad luck gets him constantly targeted with BullyBrutality, and nobody cares about how he's constantly maimed, brutalized, and in some cases even raped by bullies. |
63 | ---- |
64 | Back to ButtMonkey, [[TemptingFate if God doesn't smite me first...]] |
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66 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
67 | %% |
68 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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